Mitchell Krueger defeats Raymond Sarmiento 6-3 6-75 6-3 in the quarter in on Friday. Krueger is going to play against Daniel Elahi Galan in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Krueger got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sarmiento in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Krueger to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
2nd set.
Krueger took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sarmiento in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, Raymond managed to stage a great comeback to break Mitchell 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
A defining moment of this contest was when Sarmiento won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.
Notwithstanding also Mitchell won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
3rd set.
Krueger had a racing start in this set after breaking Sarmiento in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Mitchell to win the set since Raymond found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Krueger maintained his focus to break Sarmiento in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Mitchell scored 111 points vs. Sarmiento’s 99 points.
Krueger won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 39% (7/18). On the other side, Sarmiento was effective when converting 63% of the break points that he conquered points (5/8). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Krueger and Sarmiento is 1-0.
Next Match H2H: Mitchell Krueger vs. Daniel Elahi Galan – stats
Krueger will play Elahi Galan in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Daniel Elahi Galan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – See H2H details
